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{{Infobox NFL player
|name=Jamar Brittingham
|image=
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|caption=
|number=40
|position=[[Running back]]
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1984|02|03}}
|birth_place=Levittown, Pennsylvania
|height_ft = 6
|height_in = 1
|weight_lbs = 210
|college=[[Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania|Bloomsburg]]
|undraftedyear=2008
|pastteams=
*[[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|2008}})*
*[[Reading Express]] ({{IFL Year|2010}}–{{IFL Year|20110}})
|pastteamsnote = yes
|nfl=BRI795763
}}
'''Jamar Brittingham''' (born February 3, 1984) is an [[American football]] [[running back]] who currently plays for the [[Reading Express]] of the [[Indoor Football League]].

==Early years==
Brittingham started his football career with the Penndel Wildcats, a [[Pop Warner Little Scholars]] football program.  He later attended [[Neshaminy High School]] in [[Langhorne, Pennsylvania]], where he played running back and sometimes [[cornerback]] and wore #2 on his jersey during his senior season. He became the first player in [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]] history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season. He led the Redskins to a state championship and perfect 15-0 season after defeating [[Woodland Hills High School|Woodland Hills]], which was led by [[quarterback]] [[Steve Breaston]] (who is now a [[wide receiver]] for the [[Arizona Cardinals]]), in the state championship game in [[Hershey, Pennsylvania]] by a score of 21-7. Neshaminy finished ranked #9 nationally by ''[[USA Today]]''. Brittingham graduated from Neshaminy High School in 2002.

==College career==
Brittingham was [[Recruiting (college athletics)|recruited]] by many [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] schools like [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina]], [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]], and [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]] among others, but most schools wanted him to play cornerback. Many schools didn't like his size (6'1", 195 pounds) and thought he wasn't fast enough to play running back. Brittingham signed a [[letter of intent]] with [[Rutgers University]] over [[James Madison Dukes football|James Madison]]. Due to academic issues, Brittingham did not attend Rutgers. Instead, Brittingham attended Kiski Prep in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] in 2002-2003 and then moved on to play at [[Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania|Bloomsburg University]].

Brittingham attended Bloomsburg University and played four seasons there from 2004-2007. During his senior year in 2007,  Brittingham became Bloomsburg's all-time career leader in rushing and scoring. Brittingham finished his career with 5,689 yards rushing yards, 516 points scored and 6,867 [[all-purpose yards]]. He also became the all-time leading rusher in [[Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference|PSAC]] history and also became its all-time leading scorer. In all, Brittingham holds 27 school and conference records. For his career he had 29 games in his career with 100 or more yards rushing yards, with 10 of those being games with 200 or more yards rushing. He finished his career 5th all-time in [[Division II (NCAA)|Division II]] history in career scoring; 14th in total rushing yards and 18th in all-purpose yards.<ref>[http://www.bloomu.edu/sports/fb07/fb07harlonhill.shtml Bloomsburg University<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Brittingham ran for 2,260 yards and 32 [[touchdown]]s in 2006. In 2007, in eight [[Starting lineup|starts]], he still went over 1,000 yards (1,003) and scored 12 touchdowns.<ref>[http://www.nj.com/sports/times/index.ssf?/base/sports-4/1209355528177620.xml&coll=5 Story not found - NJ.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Professional career==
Brittingham hoped to be drafted in the late rounds of the [[2008 NFL Draft]], but instead received a call from the [[Atlanta Falcons]] on April 27, 2008 that they wanted to sign him as a priority free agent. On August 4, 2008 Brittingham was released by Atlanta.

In 2010, Brittingham was signed by the [[Reading Express]] of the [[American Indoor Football Association]].  He will return for their inaugural 2011 season in the [[Indoor Football League]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/1618651 CBS Sports Profile]

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[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bloomsburg Huskies football players]]
[[Category:People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:American football running backs]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Atlanta Falcons players]]
[[Category:Reading Express players]]